Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question thus with which we are confronted is that of whether this religion can contain the new consciousness of women . |
| 2 | No limited , finite positive form of religion can encapsulate the universality or infinitude of religion . |
| 3 | As we have seen , Gandhi recognizes that no single religion can embody the whole truth , and that all particular religions contain errors since they are human constructs or formulations , but does it follow necessarily that when he speaks of Religion underlying all human constructs , or at the heart of all religions , he is referring to an ‘ essence ’ of an ‘ entity ’ or a ‘ primordial form ’ of religion after the fashion of Schleiermacher ? |
| 4 | A patriotic feeling or the witnessing of a noble or generous action can evoke the same emotion . |
| 5 | This rolling action can reduce the tendency to tear the paper . |
| 6 | Revenge would be sweet for him tonight , and he feels the current Rangers side can make the final . |
| 7 | Starting with the sport , Oxford United Manager , Brian Horton is confident his side can end the season on a high note . |
| 8 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 9 | Why keep wasting 13 years when Labour can prove the same point in less than half the time . |
| 10 | Until Labour can close the gap , it 's a legacy any decent conservative will inherit . |
| 11 | Improved cost control — nowadays more important than ever for local businesses — as invoices can list who has been buying what and when on your Shell account , and the card can remove the need to settle your account with cash or cheques . |
| 12 | The shortest priced favourite can stumble and fall at the very first fence while the 100–1 outsider can achieve the ultimate glory . |
| 13 | If the correct equipment , to suit the buyers ' needs , has been chosen for demonstration , and it performs reliably , the demonstration can move the buyers very much closer to purchase . |
| 14 | The bright colours of the new leaves in spring can make the old ones look rather untidy , so neatly cut these off at their base . |
| 15 | Under s 36 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 , where a possession order of a dwelling house is made , then if satisfied that the defendant can pay the current instalments and the arrears in a reasonable time ( or remedy other defaults ) , the court has wide powers of suspending a possession order . |
| 16 | It is a defence , however , if the defendant can satisfy the court that it was not known or suspected that drug trafficking was involved , or that he disclosed his knowledge or suspicion to the relevant authorities . |
| 17 | The first issue is whether , it being accepted that the signature on the transfer is that of Mrs. Steed , the defendant can repudiate the transfer under the doctrine of non est factum . |
| 18 | The second issue is whether , assuming he fails on non est factum , the defendant can repudiate the transfer as being ultra vires the power of attorney . |
| 19 | The defendant can raise the defences of volenti non fit injuria or contributory negligence to the action . |
| 20 | It will be looked back upon by history as one of the remarkable achievements of the human spirit to have discovered how a very little violence can destroy the good conscience of the major institutions of society , and interchange the positions of sense and nonsense , right or wrong . |
| 21 | It is said iD can become the brain of an intelligent house . |
| 22 | The catapult is powered by a huge piece of stretchy sinew and the height the Goblin reaches is largely dependent on how far back the Doom Diver can force the catapult . |
| 23 | It 's unfair for another reason : most of the walkers , climbers and cavers that come to the Dales , the Lakes and the mountains come because they love them , because they respect them and care for them and want to keep them the way they are so that the people of the future can enjoy the wildness and the greatness of the earth . |
| 24 | No statute can confer the power of parliamentary sovereignty , for that would be to confer the very power being acted upon . |
| 25 | President Jose Sulaiman said : ‘ We know a single drop of blood can transport the virus , and there are fights in which there is a lot of blood . ’ |
| 26 | Hyper-transfusion or even exchange transfusion with normal blood can lower the proportion of HbS sufficiently to greatly reduce the incidence of sickling crises , but this is most useful as a short-term measure , for example in pregnancy or as prophylaxis before and during major surgery . |
| 27 | Mercenary soldiers are mercenary only skin-deep , they still have blood , and the blood can out-argue the indentures and the oaths of fealty sworn for pay . |
| 28 | This can provide a route into the body for HIV from infected semen — and out of the body from the rectum into the penis via infected blood ( blood can enter the penis through the hole in the end ) . |
| 29 | The programme can tell the operator the costs of menus and ingredients enabling better planning and budgetary control . |
| 30 | But fans of the programme can savour the below-the-belt humour of two of its stars David Baddiel and Rob Newman during a 40date British tour which includes Newcastle 's New Tyne Theatre on April 21 and Middlesbrough Town Hall on April 28 . |